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Did you know that women who wear lipstick daily unintentionally eat about 4 pounds of lipstick in their lifetime. I’m looking at you lipstick lovers! Since we ingest so much lipstick, it might be worth knowing how they’re manufactured. Fortunately, Rachel Zoe of The Zoe Report takes us inside Bite Beauty’s factory to show us just that! First, the vegetable base is mixed with the pigments to make the formula and then roller milled to make all the solvents and pigments as fine as possible. How Lipstick Is Made | The Zoe Report by Rachel Zoe Then, different shades are melted together to make new colors – in a microwave! How Lipstick Is Made | The Zoe Report by Rachel Zoe The formula is then poured into a metal mold and placed…

I have used makeup as a creative outlet for many years now, and very recently started putting my journey with makeup on the internet for the world to see. With every product I fall in love with, the scientist in me wants to know what makes it different from the rest, which made me do a little digging into the most common ingredients used in cosmetics and their purpose. Emulsifiers Ever used a product and noticed that the oils and water are separating? And then you have to shake the bottle to make the consistency even again? That is where emulsifiers come in. Emulsifiers are pretty fantastic, their molecules have a hydrophillic (water loving) head, and a lipophillic (oil loving) tail, making it the perfect peace maker between oil and…

How are lipsticks made?

The Science of Makeup